The ‘Gong's Yours and Owls Festival line-up for 2025 has been revealed with The Kooks, Goo Goo Dolls and Bodyjar in amongst a line-up including Allday, the Dreggs and Windang’s own Hockey Dad.

Artist manager Jodie Regan, who has represented Tame Impala, Pond and Haiku Hands, has been named the winner of the 2024 The Association of Artist Managers AAM Legacy Award.

Pond have knocked out a reinvented version of Madonna’s ‘Ray of Light’ for Triple J’s Like A Version.

Major new titles coming this week from: Hozier, Tom Walker, Queensryche, The Japanese House, Weezer, Bryan Adams, 2 Chainz, Robert Forster, Pond, The Beths and In Flames.

Pond will play dates in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in March as their eighth album ‘Tasmania’ is released.

Day one of Fairgrounds has transformed the town of Berry on the New South Wales south coast into a major music hub usually reserved for the capital cities.

The Meredith Music Festival has once again delivered music diversity with a 2018 line-up boasting 70 and 80s pop greats Mental As Anything, Ed Kuepper’s eclectic The Aints to today’s rock band of choice POND.